mpharris66 wrote:Was just taking in the view and something broke the surface and it caught my eye to the right. I thought it was strange...then a seal bobbed up and weaves in and out of my lines. Grrrrrrrrr....

You have to factor in the amount of recent rainfall in the catchment that would be negating the incoming ‘tide’. Even without significant rain the exact point a tide changes at a certain point of a river estuary is highly variable. Thus the old adage ‘fish an hour either side’.